To produce mouse metallothionein-1 (mMT-I ) in cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. PCC 7120, a novel Escherichia co/i-cyanobacterium shuttle fusion expression vector, pKG-MT, was constructed. Via this vector, mMT-I cDNA which...To produce mouse metallothionein-1 (mMT-I ) in cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. PCC 7120, a novel Escherichia co/i-cyanobacterium shuttle fusion expression vector, pKG-MT, was constructed. Via this vector, mMT-I cDNA which was fused with a carboxyl terminal extension of the 26 kD glutathione-S-trans-ferase (GST) containing a thrombin specific site was expressed in Anabaena under the control of tac promoter. SDS-polyacrylamid gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) showed that the fusion protein GST-MT was expressed in the transgenic Anabaena sp. PCC 7120 after induction with isopropylthio-β-D-galactoside (IPTG). Glutatione-S-transferase metallothionein (GST-MT) was purified from the crude extracts by affinity chromatography on immobilized glutathione and mMT- I was obtained by digesting the fusion protein with thrombin on column and gel filtration on Sephadex G-50. SDS-PAGE demonstrated that the purified mMT- I was the desired protein. The result of ELISA for the purified mMT-I showed that the recovery of mMT- I from the transgenic cyanobacterium was about 0.6 mg/g fresh weight. According to the data of atomic absorption assay, metal-binding activity of the purified mMT-I was almost the same as that of wild type MT.展开更多
We have previously shown that the diphtheria toxin variant CRM 197 (cross-reacting material 197) can be overexpressed in Escherichia coli at high levels, yielding insoluble aggregates, which were solubilized using u...We have previously shown that the diphtheria toxin variant CRM 197 (cross-reacting material 197) can be overexpressed in Escherichia coli at high levels, yielding insoluble aggregates, which were solubilized using urea. This study reports a comparison of three matrices suitable for the purification and refolding of recombinant CRM197 by metal-chelating affinity chromatography, Moreover, we show that refolded CRM197 features enzymatic activity.展开更多
文摘To produce mouse metallothionein-1 (mMT-I ) in cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. PCC 7120, a novel Escherichia co/i-cyanobacterium shuttle fusion expression vector, pKG-MT, was constructed. Via this vector, mMT-I cDNA which was fused with a carboxyl terminal extension of the 26 kD glutathione-S-trans-ferase (GST) containing a thrombin specific site was expressed in Anabaena under the control of tac promoter. SDS-polyacrylamid gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) showed that the fusion protein GST-MT was expressed in the transgenic Anabaena sp. PCC 7120 after induction with isopropylthio-β-D-galactoside (IPTG). Glutatione-S-transferase metallothionein (GST-MT) was purified from the crude extracts by affinity chromatography on immobilized glutathione and mMT- I was obtained by digesting the fusion protein with thrombin on column and gel filtration on Sephadex G-50. SDS-PAGE demonstrated that the purified mMT- I was the desired protein. The result of ELISA for the purified mMT-I showed that the recovery of mMT- I from the transgenic cyanobacterium was about 0.6 mg/g fresh weight. According to the data of atomic absorption assay, metal-binding activity of the purified mMT-I was almost the same as that of wild type MT.
文摘We have previously shown that the diphtheria toxin variant CRM 197 (cross-reacting material 197) can be overexpressed in Escherichia coli at high levels, yielding insoluble aggregates, which were solubilized using urea. This study reports a comparison of three matrices suitable for the purification and refolding of recombinant CRM197 by metal-chelating affinity chromatography, Moreover, we show that refolded CRM197 features enzymatic activity.